MNAFEE Fall Workshop

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A New Era for ECFE 
November 4 - Noon to 4 p.m.
Register now.

​​A dynamic professional development experience where you choose your own adventure through individualized learning in collaboration with your team. 

The breakout sessions serve as a pathway for you to explore: 
  -  Reaching Back: Implementing the foundational pieces of ECFE in new
     ways. 
  -  Reaching Forward: Meaningful data to guide your step into the future. If 
     we know where we’ve been, we can see where we are going.
  -  Reaching Out: Stretching across the groups we serve to include all
     communities and propel us to new ways of strengthening families.

All THREE experiences are included in your registration. Bring home new tools to use immediately with your team and your families.​
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WORKSHOP 1 - Noon to 1 p.m.

​Focus Session
Renew and refresh the work of Early Childhood Educators and Parent Educators.
  • ​Capture the history and philosophy including the core principles and components of ECFE.
  • Reflect on how to move forward in our current context.
  • Plan how to reach out to various populations of families.
  • Introducing REVISED AND UPDATED Parent Education Core Curriculum Framework (in process).
  • Aligned with updated MDE ECIPS.
  • Revised Reflection Process.
  • Updated Scope and Sequence/Curriculum Mapping Ideas

Presenters:
  • Shannon Rader, Ph.D., MA, Parent and Family Education Program Director and Lecturer, University of Minnesota;
  • Nancy Wallace, retired Family Services and Education Supervisor, St. Francis Area Schools;
  • Betty Cooke, Retired U of MN Family Education Faculty and Early Childhood and Family Initiatives Specialist at MDE. ​
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WORKSHOP 2  - 1:15 to 2:30 p.m.
(Attend either session)

Data Fundamentals for Early Childhood Leaders
How do we collect, analyze, and understand data? What can we learn from data, and how can it help us enhance the quality of our programs and services? Join us for a discussion on how early childhood leaders can use data to deepen understanding, assist with making decisions, and guide planning and operations. 

Presenters:
  • Mike Brown & Avisia Whiteman, Minnesota Department of Education

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Integrated Planning Panel
Early Childhood Teachers & Parent Educator teams from three districts will share how they create integrated class experiences for families in a manageable streamlined team approach.
  • How to get started
  • Lessons learned
  • Next steps

Panelists:
  • Sara Lorbiecki & Christina Nelson, St. Louis County Schools ECFE
  • Nicki Murphy & Brenda Landwehr, Robbinsdale Area Schools ECFE
  • Marian Munn & Rebecca Wong, Osseo Area Schools ECFE
​Facilitator: Lisa Helgestad ​
WORKSHOP 3  - 2:45 to 4:00 p.m.
(Attend either session)

ECFE Programming for Newborns (0-3 months)
Rice County has provided ECFE for parents with newborns for 20+ years in collaboration with Public Health & local hospitals. We’d love to share our practices and strategies and answer your questions to help your program reach this group of parents in a vulnerable time period. 

Presenter:
  • Ellen Haefner, Northfield ECFE Parent Educator

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Family Engagement and Parent Education in Pre-K to Grade 3 Panel
The pre-natal to third grade alignment initiative has spurred many districts to consider how to support families and teachers in serving this population. Teachers from various sized districts will share their collaboration experiences on the pathway to planning and implementation.  

Panelists:
  • Mi Yang, Minneapolis Public Schools ECFE
  • Diane Tich & Nicol Michels - Anoka-Hennepin Schools ECFE
  • Deb Barry & Linda Saari, Brandon-Evansville ECFE
Facilitator: Kristi Hanson
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The most useful part of the workshop was...
  • "Ideas for teaching virtually, helping our program be more accessible online, identifying barriers related to access and equity that we can help overcome for both teachers and families, technology training, supporting each other as we are all in a new role."
  • "The different approaches, strategies, implementations were so helpful and different from district to district."
  • "I loved the small groups......nice to connect on a more intimate level." 
  • "The reflective dialog exercises helped remind me that others may not always see things the way I do. Appreciate differences and the value they bring to parent discussion!"​
  • "The lesson plans are so helpful to see. The video was amazing and I hope to use bits of everything."​